Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core i7-12700T

Core i9-12900T vs Core i7-12700T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700T beats the Core i9-12900T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700T. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700T. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700T. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-12700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12700T.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.